posters - eternal sunshine of a spotless mind

This is a poster for the film 'eternal sunshine of the spotless mind' when i originally searched for this poster, 3 different choices came up. I have decided to analyse all of them.
- I like the way that the eyes have been cut out here, and replaced with words. This is a technique we could use for our poster, as we would like our film to convey a message and this would be a good way we could hint it to the audience through the poster.
- The way that the characters eyes look as though they have been ripped away looks really effective and almost collage like. I like this technique and think it works really well here.
- A lot of different bright colours have been used, with the characters smiling faces this makes the film appear quite positive and happy. However the text placed across their eyes hints a different story, the film makers obviously do not want to give to much away.



This is the second poster for the film I looked at..
- I really like the lighting that has been used here, and the way that one photograph has been used for the background of the poster, and text has been added on top.
- Obviously we couldnt do anything like this for our film, as the main characters are both male, and this is very romantic looking. However we could use some sort of picture without revealing too much.
- I like the way that this picture only shows a fraction of the characters, and not their faces - this not only looks effective, it also ensures that nothing is revealed to the audience. This is deffinately something we need to think about with our poster, as we have to be careful not to reveal the 'twist' before the audience have seen the film!
- I like the font that has been used here, and the way that it is not centrally aligned, I also like the way that the poster does not contain the actors names. As we are not going to be using famous actors, this is not something we need to worry about advertising on our poster.


This is the third and most well known poster I looked at for the film...
- This is clearly the most comercial of the 3 posters, as it shows both of the well known famous actors - advertising them to the audience and enticing them to watch the film. It also names all of the actors included along the top of the poster.
- I like the way that half of the protagonist's face is shown at the bottom of the poster, it appears as though the top of it is his mind - showing his thoughts. This is also achieved by the position of his eyes, looking up.
- The poster uses a simple colourscheme, even though the pictures are in colour, they have stuck to oranges and blues mainly, which looks effective but doesnt really stand out. I like the way that 'eternal sunshine' is almost fading away, hinting the way that the protagonist's memory begins to fade away after he has treatment.